jerry + belmont contest

[TGJB]

Okay, I\'ll bite (and obviously, I have a strong opinion on the answer).

Given your position, how does one come to a PRACTICAL determination of what data is better?

In my view, the answer is twofold--full understanding of how figures are made (and we are just getting started), and comparisons (which is why we have The Red Board Room).

[JRL]

The only thing I have to go on is experience and the stated methodoligies that each of you  use.  Based on both, I have chosen Ragozin.  On the methodolgy issue, you and David Patent have debated that to death.

As I noted, a true comparison (one that compares the accuracy of the numbers) is pretty much impossible, so I don\'t hold out much hope that anything would work.

[superfreakicus]

\"Not to state the obvious, but, as you may have noticed, there are a whole bunch of TG customers out there, and this would have been a chance to impress them, just as it would have been a chance to impress his guys. Not you, though.\"


I could have sworn I had a reply in here --- are you deleting me now?

[tonyk]

Maybe you guys could set it up like the Daily News \"Battle of Saratoga\"you could throw in the cute little comments like Bossert & Little do it would be great entertainment value .Speaking of value it thought that was the whole idea of sheet handicapping ,it seems to me that you couldn\'t have a real contest unless picks are made with post time odds.

[superfreakicus]

that is absolutely true.

but, you have to work w/what you\'ve got, and I think that would be impossible for key participants.
we\'ll just have to make our best guess on actual odds --- that\'ll be part of the contest.

[TGJB]

A whole mess of stuff got inadvertantly deleted, including several of mine.